Travel to Brazil
Travel São Paulo Brazil
São Paulo
A
city with all languages and accents, beliefs and tastes. Third largest
metropolis in the world, São Paulo is exciting day and
night. Over 10 thousand inhabitants have much more than Portuguese, Black
and Indian offsprings. They also have Italian, Judean, Japanese and Arabic
offsprings, and many other people. Above all, they’re fast.
The rhythm of the machines on the industrial park dictated the slogan
that paulista incorporated and execute literally: “São Paulo
can’t stop”. Nowadays, the even more accelerated rhythm of
the Stock Market, the incorporation of the newest technology in industry
and services and the several surveys performed in beyond comparison university
centers state that São Paulo doesn’t stop.
São
Paulo is a concrete city with more than 30 parks totalizing 15 millions
of square meter green area, and it also has some buildings created by
human beings with creative and ability, like Museu de Arte de São
Paulo – MASP (São Paulo Art Museum), Memorial da
América Latina (Latin America Memorial) or the architectonic complex
of city center with its buildings, bridges and viaducts.
Because of its importance in Brazilian economy, São Paulo has the major part of central offices from national and international companies and it’s a mandatory reference to businesses. However, you’ll see that São Paulo has much more than that.
DON’T MISS OUT
Gastronomy
The city is considered one of the major gastronomy zones in the world.
It has more than one thousand restaurants with typical food from all Brazilian
regions and practically from all over the world. That’s why paulistanos
always go to restaurants after going to the theater or cinema, before
going to dancing clubs or shopping.
Museums
São Paulo has excellent art and historical museums. The
modern and bold building MASP keeps an internationally famous collection
of artists like Bosch, Rembrant, Poussin, Van Gogh, Renoir and Degas.
Pinacoteca do Estado (State Art Museum) is located on a totally recovered
building from 1905 and it has art works in its heap from XIX century and
modern Brazilian artists. Museu Paulista (Paulista Museum), called Museu
do Ipiranga (Ipiranga Museum), exhibits objects that tell Brazilian history
from XIX and XX centuries. Museu de Arte Sacra (Sacred Art Museum) has
religious pictures and objects, the most ancient from XVI century, within
a collection of over 4 thousand pieces. These are only a few within several
places destined to culture in the city.
Concerts
Sala São Paulo (São Paulo Room) exhibits concerts
from Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Symphonic
Orchestra of São Paulo State) and it is internationally recognized
by its quality. It’s located at Julio Prestes’ train station,
built in 1930 and turned into the most perfect acoustic concert rooms
of the world. Teatro Municipal (Municipality Theater), built in 1911,
has a luxurious decoration observed on the picture of its roof, crystal
lusters and on the stairway marble floor. It’s part of Brazilian
art history because of Modern Art Week advent in 1922. It maintains the
symphonic orchestra, cord quartet, chorals and ballet.
Ibirapuera Park
Ibirapuera is a very arboreal urban park considered the “Lung of
São Paulo”, where paulistas go to take a walk and practice
sports. It has several artistic spaces – MAC, Museu de Arte Contemporânea
(Contemporary Art Museum), and MAM, Museu de Arte Moderna (Modern Art
Museum). It also has Oca, a building created by Oscar Niemeyer, where
great expositions are performed, and Pavilhão da Bienal de Arte
de São Paulo (Art Biennial Pavilion of São Paulo).
Nightlife
The paulista nightlife doesn’t stop. There are several types of
bars, with live music from all origins and rhythms or quiet cafés
for nice chats, show houses with exhibitions of national and international
artists, clubs to a public with different styles. Vila Madalena, Itaim
Bibi, Vila Olímpia, Bexiga and Jardins are examples of places where
you can go to.
INFRASTRUCTURE
São Paulo is a modern metropolis, which offers an excellent
structure, especially to business tourism. There are hotels from national
and international companies, transportation and communications effective
services. The city has a large helicopter fleet, which use helipoints
located on commercial buildings and hotels. It has modern convention centers,
such as Anhembi, with exposition rooms, auditoriums and amphitheaters,
and complexes like Memorial da América Latina (Latin America Memorial),
created by Oscar Niemeyer.
HOW TO GET THERE
São Paulo is 420 Km far from Rio de Janeiro and 1020 Km
far from Brasilia. Flights to the main business and tourism centers depart
from the International Airport, 30 Km far from the city center. Both Congonhas
Airport, in the city south, and International Airport have national flights
to all regions on the country. It has three road terminals with bus departing
to cities all over Brazil. Modern highways bind São Paulo and Rio
de Janeiro.
source:http://www.embratur.gov.br